Line-reel.



PATENTED MAE. 27, 1906.

G. W. WILLIAMS.

LINE REEL.

APPLIOATION FILED APB. 2s. 1904.

UNITE@ STATE@ no. 816,410. v

Specifieetion of Letters Patent.

rammed time a?, ieee.

Application filed April 23....1904. Serial No. 204,503.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known 4that 1, GEORGE W. ii-n.LrAns, a cltlzen of the UnitedStates of America, re-

siding at Braddock, in the .county of Alleglieny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new -and useful Im rovenicnts inLine-Reels, of which the fol owing is a s ecification, reference beinghad therein to A stretch the line for the usual purposes.

In order to facilitate the location of the reel ina convenientposition,mount the same in a box-like receptacle provided with convenient meansfor attaching it to a fence, post, wall, or other object, and I soconstruct the reel and the parts ap ertaining thereto that the reel maybe bot wound and unwound without opening the receptacle or exposing anypart of the line other than that kwhich it is desired to stretch for thereception of clothes to be hung thereon.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which vFigure 1 is a perspective View showing the reel and the appurtenantparts thereof mounted in a receptacle, which latter is provided withmeans whereby it may be attached to any convenient objeet,such asafence, post, or wall. F ig. 2 is a front View of the same with thedoorof the receptacle open. Fig. 3l is a vertical sectional view on the linea: of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View of part of themechanism for retaining the rcel at any desired position.

The receptacle in which the' reel is arranged is composed of theinclined top 1, the sides 2 3,the bottom 4, the hinged door 5, and theback (i, these parts constituting a box or case substantiallyrectangular in form, with an inclined top. The back 6 ol" the receptacleprojects above the top 1 and below the bottom 4 and is pierced at 7 7above the top and at 8 S below the bottom to receive nails, pins,screws, or other devices by means of which the receptacle may be securedin position on a fence, wall, post, or othi r object. The door 5 isattached to the side I of the reccptacley by hinges Q 9, and the saiddoor is formed with a hole 1i)y through which the clothes-line' passes,and the door is held closed by means of a keeper 11 on the door, whichprojects into a slot 12 in the side 2 and is engaged by a pin 13,suspended from a stan ple 1e by a cord 15. The reel, which is arrangedin the recentacleabove described, is composed of a shaft 15, which isjournaled in the two side walls of the receptacle, preferably square incross-section, and carries the heads 17 and 1S, the latter havingratchetd teethl 1 E) on its periphery and constituting at the same timeone lie-ad of the reei and e ratchetwheel by means of which the reel maybe held against turning i'none direction when engaged by a dog 20, thatis pivotaly secured at .21 upon the inside of the recepz4 cie and ispressed against the head 18 spring 22. A curved slot Z3 is formed in.the

side 2, and a. pin 24, carried bythe dog 20,'

projectsthrough the slot and carries on its outer endI a button 25, bymeans oi" which the dog may be moved out of engagement with the ratChet-teeth 19 on the head 18 when it desired to unwind the line from thercei. The button '25 screws onto thepin 24, and when the dog has beenmoved ont of engagement with the ratchet-teeth 19 the dog can he tainedin its elevated position by screwing up the button tightly against theside walt of the receptacle. The squai ed end. Ztl ofthe shaft 16projects through the side 2 of the rece tacle, and a crank 27, that isprovid ed with a andle 28,ts on the squared end 26 and serves as a meanswhereby the reel my be turned to wind the line thereon. The iinc shownet 29 in Fig. 1 of the drawings is secured the shaft 16 by passing oneend through ahoie 17 in the shaft and then knotting the ehd, and whenthe line is wound upon the Edie-i4 one end is allowed to project throughthe here 10 in the door 5.

In operation the line is attached at one end to the shaft 16 in themanner above d escribcd and is then wound upon thereei,lthe outer end ofthe line being allowed to hang out' through the hole 10 in the door ofthe receptacle, the door being closed and secured in closed position bythe in 13. if it be de sircd to unwind the ree the dog .Ztiris raisedout of engagement with theteeth 19 of the lu ad 18 and the line'drawnout to any desired extent. To Wind up the line, the crank 27 is turnedso Ias 'to cause the reel to revolve in the direction of the arrow shownin Fig. 3,

the dog-2() taking into the teeth 19 and re-- taining thereel in fixedposition at any point` i i to which it may be turned.

@MAN

The pptus aS above (l'eSC'r'ibi-id is of shntt Withinthoicoptncle, oneo16 said hods Sinplo construction and not liable to hoooino(,lisarrnigod, ond it n'lfo'ids on ofl'octivo moans of tightening up theline, since if tho line be stretched and the outer end thereof secinedto any object it can be 4tightened up by merely turning the crank 27 andwill he retained thin tightened condition by the dog. Therecoptaolewithin which the iool is ontained Will thoronghlyv protect theline from the-elements and prevent rot-ting oi' the lino.

Hoving described my invention, l clniin The Combination with arecoptnole having o door provided with an oponingjr lor tin` pus'- siigeolrk n. clothes-line, of n shalt jonTnalod in the sido Walls of thereceptacle, a handle nttnchod to said shaft, heads mount-ed on Said.having a toothed edgeI n spring-pressed pnwl pivot'od on the inner.side of the i'fccoptziclo and engaging Suid toothed edge, n pincin-fied hy said pani, and extending through n slot in the sido of thvreceptacle and n button sown'- ing on said pin and ongaging'tho sido ol'tho receptacle to hold tho .pnwl out ol engagement with the hond of thoroel when it is desired to unwind tho clothes-line from the reel,

In testimony vs'hoioof I ailix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. WiLLAMS.

VVitne/sses:

E. E. PoTinn, li. ll. BUTLER.

